Summary
Miquel Pericas is a computer architect and HPC researcher specializing in heterogeneous programming models. Based at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, he leads a research team of four PhD students and two postdocs and teaches Master-level courses in Parallel Computer Architecture and High Performance Parallel Programming as part of MPHPC. He brings international research experience from Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Tokyo Tech, and Riken R-CCS, where he is a Visiting Scientist in Satoshi Matsuoka's group. Since 2025 he holds a Professor title at Chalmers, after progressing through roles including Associate Professor and Docent, reflecting a strong track record in academia and research leadership. His work spans hardware/software co-design for HPC to scalable programming models, and he earned his PhD in Telecom/Computer Architecture from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 1998. He is based in the Gothenburg area and connects European research with leading global HPC initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Deutsche Schule Barcelona
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Spanish, Catalan, German, Japanese, Swedish